Dispensing container for matches



Feb. 20, 1951 R. CHEMLINSKI I 2,542,180

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Feb. 20, 1951 I R. CHEMLINSKI' 2,542,180

[DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR MATCHES Patented F eb. 20, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,542,180 DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR MATCHES Raymond Chemlinski, Schenectady, N. Y.

Application June 8, 1945, Serial No. 598,217

. 2 Claims. 1

My invention refers to containers for matches, tooth picks, and other small objects, although the container would be equally useful for larger objects such as pencils, penholders, etc. The purpose of my invention is to provide a container, some parts of which may be detached in order to make the articles of merchandise in said container easily accessible. Another purpose is to employ said detached parts in such a combination with the body of the container that said parts act as props securing the body against easy upsets. Another object of my invention is to provide a container of the kind described without making it cumbersome, and without making it complicated in structure or expensive in cost.

I shall now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my container before any parts thereof have been detached therefrom;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my container with some parts thereof detached from the body thereof and employed as props;

Fig. 3 is a top View of the container shown in Fig. 2 without however the props shown therein;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of Fig. 3, on line 4-4;

Fig. 5 is a bottom view of my container;

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of my container, in reduced size, with parts thereof removed to display merchandise therein;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view, somewhat enlarged of one of the props applied to the body of my container, as shown in Fig. 2;

Figure 8 shows a blank, suitably creased and perforated, out of which blank the container is to be made.

Similar numerals refer to throughout the several views.

The container of my invention, generally indicated by numeral I0, is enclosed on all sides by rectangular walls, has a rectangular top and bottom, respectively, and includes portions I I which are adapted to be detached from the body of the container along lines of perforations in said body. The lines are disposed at the intersection of an imaginary plane I2 with the walls and the top of the container, the plane extending so as to cut the side Wall 2| on line I3, and the top I5 on line It, said lines I3 and I4 being parallel to each other and at right angle to the front wall IQ of the container. The line of intersection of said plane I2 with the front wall I9 is indicated by numeral I6. As shown in Fig. 2, there are two removable portions II, each being defined by such an imaginary plane I2, the planes similar parts being set ataconverging angle to each other The body of the container is made of one piece of sheet material, such as cardboard, which piece is suitably creased and pasted together. Said one piece of sheet material, or a blank, is shown in Figure 8. Lines shown there in broken lines indicate the creases along which the blank is to be bent in order to form the walls of the container, and dots and dashes indicate perforations along which portions of the blank may be removed from the body of the blank. These portions, to be so removed and which normally constitute a part of the container, are disposed at the top of the container and are marked, generally, by numeral III The blank, reading from top to bottom, includes a member 23 to be included in the bottom of the container, a front wall I9, a top I5, a back wall 20, and a member 24 which is also to be included in the base to be under said member 23. The blank also includes two side walls 2|, each of them having an extension or a flap 22. It will be noted that, when the container is set up, each flap 22 is disposed parallel to the front wall I9, said flap extending upwardly to the top of the container and including a portion which becomes a part of the removable portion I I on the respective side of the container. As the flap is also perforated, the line of its perforation corresponding to line It on front wall I9, each portion II will include a part of the flap. This is shown in Fig. 7. To show the relation of the component members of the removable portion II to the body of the container, I have used common numerals for both the parts of the container and the parts of portion Ii, but have added a letter a to each numeral referring to the respective parts of portion i i. Thus for in stance, I5a, being the base of portion l i, as shown in Fig. 7, indicates that said base is a part of top I5. In continuation of the description of the removable portion I I, I wish to point out that ISa shows a tongue which is a part of wall I9; 200. is a part of back wall 29; 2 Ia is a part of side wall 2|, and 22a is a part of flap 22.

My container II] is made in such a manner that a part of the sheet material which is used for the purpose, forms a bottom and that it is.

overlapped by another part 23 of the same sheet,

3 In other words, the container is provided with a double layer bottom. The bottom layer, that is the lower layer 24, is cut transversely along lines 25, the cuts extending from the front side of the container to points approximately midway the width of the bottom. The central portion of layer 24, between lines 25, is glued or otherwise afiixed to the inner layer 23, while parts of the end portions 26 of said outer layer 24, are capable of being deflected from the inner layer 23. This is shown in Fig. 6 where said deflection is somewhat exaggerated for better illustration to show a spacing 2'! between the deflected parts 26 and the inner layer of the bottom of the container. It is into this space 27 that tongue 911 of the respective portion I i may be insert'edwhereupon said portion provides a prop for the container on the respective side thereof, lending steadiness to the position of said container.

The use of the container is quite obvious. To reach the articles of merchandise packed within, its removable portions H are detached along its lines of perforations. Once the portions have been removed they are turned upside down, and they are affixed to the body of the container by having their tongues 19a inserted into the respective spaces 2? between the layers of the double bottom of the container as shown in Fig. 2. Thus, the container open at the top for display of the articles of merchandise therein and for easy access thereto, is propped against easy upset by said portions 1 i.

It is obvious that some changes may be made in the construction of my container and the relation of its parts to each other, without deviating from the inventive principle disclosed herein. What I, therefore, Wish to claim is the following:

1. A dispensing container made of one blank and including a body having a rectangular top, a front wall, a rear wall, two side Walls, each side wall having an integrally connected flap disposed within the container parallel to the front wall, and a bottom having two'layers, the layers being at the end portions spreadable from each other, the container being perforated for removal of top corner portions thereof, the lines of perforations for each removable portion being jd'efined by a line extending crosswise over the top, a line extending crosswise over one side wall and by diagonal lines connecting the said two lines and extending across the front and the rear wall, respectively, of the container, each removable por tion in its inverted position and including a part of the front wall forming a tongue and being adapted to be affixed to the body of the container to prop it against upsets by having said tongue inserted between the spreadable portions of the double layers of the bottom of the container.

2. A container made of one blank as described, said container having a rectangular top, a doublelayer bottom, the layers at end portions of said bottom, on one side thereof, being adapted to be spread apart, a front wall, a back wall and two side walls, each side wall having an integrally connected flap within the container parallel to the front wall, the container having lines of perforations for removal of the top corner portions, the lines of perforations for each removable portion lying at the intersection of an imaginary plane with the front and rear walls of the container, said plane being set at right angle to the front of the container and diagonally across the front and the rear wall thereof, each removable portion in its inverted position and including a part of the front wall, said part forming a tongue adapted to be affixed to the body of the container by being inserted between the spreadable layers of the bottom there.

RAYMOND CHEMLINSKI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,718,572 Marcuse June 25, 1929 1,925,102 Levkoff Sept. 5, 1933 2,097,941 Wells et al. Nov. 2, 1937 2,202,280 Wilson May 28, 1940 2,294,979 Goldberg Sept. 8, 1942. 2,348,377 Goodyear May 9, 1944 OTHER REFERENCES Popular Mechanics, Ma rch 1931, page 522 (Carton Cut to Make Display Case) 

